The SAA as sisyphus: Education since the 1960s

American Archivist

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 224-236

  Miller, Fredric M ^a  

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EID: 0007230361     PISSN: 03609081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17723/aarc.63.2.kh857t69xm658527     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. Robert Warner, "Archival Training in U.S. and Canada," American Archivist 35 (July/October 1972): 357.
2. Society of American Archivists, "Archival Education Guidelines," SAA Newsletter (May 1977): 4-5.
3. Frank B. Evans and Robert M. Warner, "American Archivists and Their Society: A Composite View," American Archivist 34 (April 1971): 170.
4. H. G. Jones, "Archival Training in American Universities, 1938-1968," American Archivist 31 (April 1968): 148.
5. For examples of writings pertaining to this debate, see, Jones, "Archival Training in American Universities, 1938-1968
6. and T. R. Schellenberg, "Archival Training in Library Schools," American Archivist 31 (January 1968): 155-66. Both articles provide insight into the attitudes of the participants.
7. H. G. Jones, The Records of a Nation: Their Management, Preservation, and Use (New York: Atheneum, 1969): 216-24.
8. Philip P. Mason, "The Society of American Archivists in the Seventies: Report of the Committee for the 1970's," American Archivist 35 (April 1972): 193-217.
9. Further commentary on this aspect of the article is available in "Report of the Committee of the 1970's: The Council's Response," American Archivist 35 (July/October 1972): 359-67
10. and Philip P. Mason, "Archives in the Seventies: Promises and Fulfillment," American Archivist 44 (Summer 1981): 199-206. This article provides a more complete examination of this topic.
11. Warner, "Archival Training," 51.
12. Mason, "Society of American Archivists in the Seventies," 206.
13. Society of American Archivists, Education Directory (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1976), 1.
14. Society of American Archivists, "Archival Education Guidelines," 4-5.
15. "Guidelines for Graduate Education Programs," SAA Education Directory: 1978 (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1978), 5-6.
16. A contemporary analysis of the Guidelines' prospects is available in Lawrence J. McCrank, "Prospects for Integrating Historical and Information Studies in Archival Education," American Archivist 42 (October 1979): 443-55.
17. Ruth W. Helmuth, "Education for American Archivists: A View From the Trenches," American Archivist 44 (Fall 1981): 299.
18. For further information, see Frank B. Evans, "Post-appointment Archival Training: A Proposed Solution for a Basic Problem," American Archivist 40 (January 1977): 57-74.
19. Information regarding these grants is available in "The Society of American Archivists" sections of the American Archivist during this period.
20. Hugh A. Taylor, "The President's Page," American Archivist 42 (April 1979): 259-61.
21. Ann Morgan Campbell, ed. "The Society of American Archivists," American Archivist 41 (January 1978): 105-6.
22. Ann Morgan Campbell, ed. "The Society of American Archivists," American Archivist 45 (Spring 1982): 238.
23. Campbell, "The Society of American Archivists," 244.
24. David Bearman, "1982 Survey of the Archival Profession," American Archivist (Spring 1983): 234.
25. Bearman, "1982 Survey," 236.
26. Mason, "Archives in the Seventies," 204.
27. For further information, see the Society of American Archivists, SAA Education Directory: 1973. (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1973).
28. David B. Gracy, "Archives and Society: The First Archival Revolution," American Archivist 47 (Winter 1984): 7-10;
29. and David B. Gracy, "Our Future is Now," American Archivist 48 (Winter 1985): 12-21.